Chris Mercier,  artist and printmaker, born  in 1951, lives and works in Reading, Berkshire. He studied at Berkshire College of Art, Epsom College of Art, University of Reading and The Royal College of Art.  He has worked many years in both commercial and artist screen printing studios.   He runs his own art editioning studio making multiples for artists. He is a member of the RGA, OHOS and the Printmakers Council.

 

He sees all printing technologies as both tools for art creation but also for its dispersion, however he considers thought and play to be the essential instigators of art. His work is informed by print as a concept and also by his love of drawing.